Just a quick note about the July 1-15 round of critiques: it was very successful, and I was impressed by the quality of effort people gave. If you know someone who would be a suitable candidate to join the group, please let me know by PM.
Featured Stories up for Critique July 17-31
MelissaJaneFerguson - The Neanderthal Girl - Short Story -- all 3 parts
I'm excited to introduce Melissa who I've gotten to know a little bit on Wattpad in the last few months. She is a published author but new to Wattpad.
Melissa is okay with critiques as comments left on her writing, but if it's extremely negative she'd prefer a PM.
This short story, The Neanderthal Girl, has been adapted from a previous piece Melissa wrote, and it now fits within the same setting and world as a novel that she is currently working on and will be posting on Wattpad soon!
PLEASE read and critique all three parts of the story, and skip the author's note.
shalonsims - The Dreaming - the first part of each story - Please ignore Time Travellers Warning
I'm okay with critiques as comments. My target audience is teenagers.
The Dreaming is a series of three books -- Liran's Story, Imorah's Story and Old Shalon's Story. Each of them is a different book on my profile. I would appreciate it if you could critique the first part of each story:
Liran's Story: 1.1. Leaving the Garden (2200 words)
Imorah's Story: 1.1. As Above, So Below (2400 words)
Old Shalon's Story: Letter to Michael (700 words)
My goal is to have three stories that start out really strong and entice readers to read them all simultaneously. There are hints in each story that reveal stuff in the other two stories, even though the characters don't know each other YET (they will meet in the fourth and final book in the series).
I'd also like to know what you think of my idea to split them up, and whether you think it would be better to weave them all together into one story? If I was going to weave them together, which one do you think is the strongest place to start?
Critique guidelines PLEASE READ
There are 3 steps to critiques in this group:
Step 1 optional: Please choose one or both of the featured stories and give a minimum 1000 character critique FOR EACH CHAPTER. That means 3000 characters in total. You can lump that all into one critique of all three chapters, or critique each chapter with a minimum 1000 characters each.
Step 1 Participations Points: 15 PP per 3000 characters critique.
Step 2 mandatory: IF you give a critique, then you must come back here and tell us who you critiqued to earn your points. We need to know so that if someone isn't receiving any critiques then we will close down one story to let the other story get some time in the limelight.
Step 3 optional: Beyond telling us who you critiqued, please also share your main findings. Observations, not judgements PLEASE! And please feel free to share a portion of your critique here. Make sure you tag the author in your responses here. Also please read and respond to the comments of other members on the same piece, whether you agree or disagree with their observations.
Step 3 Participation Points: 10 PP per observation report.
Total participation points possible July 17-31: 50 PP (2 critiques + 2 observation reports)
Critiquing Reminder
No judgements, only observations. We are all here to help each other succeed in our writing. What isn't your cup of tea will be somebody's feast!
Describe: What's going on? What are you experiencing as you read?
Interpret: What do you think the author was intending? Where do you think it's headed?
Evaluate: Is it working? WHY? (don't forget the 'because' in your criticism. "It's not working because dada-dada-dada." YOU MUST SAY WHY something is or is not working.
Consider: Setting, Plot, Characterisation, Pace, Writing Quality, Dialogue, Theme, etc.
Accepting Criticism Reminder
Listen. Be quiet and listen.
Don't defend your writing! Don't respond to negative criticism if you feel upset about it. Take a break and come back to it later. We all have bad days. Don't look at criticism when you're having a bad day.
Appreciate and be grateful to your critics -- they have taken their time to read your writing and give you their thoughts! Remember, they aren't trying to hurt you or take you down. We are all here to help each other succeed in our writing.
IF you feel capable of responding to criticism, then focus on what you've learned from the critique. If you feel comfortable you may try to explain why you did something, and ask for ideas on how you might do it better in the next draft, from their perspective. But again, don't get defensive and start explaining why it's great the way it is. Accept the person didn't see or understand what you were trying to do.
Take what works for you and leave the rest behind.
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